Theoretical Astrophysics

Lecturer:	Ralf Klessen ZAH/ITA, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 2, 69120 Heidelberg
Time and Location:	Tuesday, 9:05 - 10:50 hours, Philosophenweg 12 -- großer Hörsaal Thursday, 9:05 - 10:50 hours, Philosophenweg 12 -- großer Hörsaal
Tutorial:	Monday, 11:00 - 12:30, Seminarraum 1, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 3-5, Tuesday, 13:30 - 15:00, neuer Hörsaal, Philosophenweg 12, with Ralf Klessen and Robi Banerjee
Notes:	The final exam will take place in the large lecture hall (grooßer Hörsaal), Philosophenweg 12, on Tuesday, January 29, during the lecture time (9:15 to 11:00). You can bring one sheet of paper with personal notes and formulae, no other tools (such as books or computer or pocket calculator) are allowed.

 

Detailed Schedule:

 

Tutorials

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1	16.10.	TU	introduction & Boltzmann equation	1			HW 1
2	18.10.	TH	Maxwell-Boltzmann transport equation
3	23.10.	TU	momentum equation (Navier-Stokes)	2	1		HW 2
4	25.10.	TH	energy equation
5	30.10.	TU	entropy & virial theorem	3	2	1	HW 3
	01.11.	TH	no lecture, public holiday
6	06.11.	TU	classical hydrodynamics: vorticity, circulation theorem, Bernoulli's constant	4	3	2	HW 4
7	08.11.	TH	sound waves and shock fronts
8	13.11.	TU	shock jump conditions, blast waves (Sedov solution)	5	4	3	HW 5
9	15.11.	TH	fluid instabilities: Jeans, Rayleigh-Taylor
10	20.11.	TU	fluid instabilities: Kelvin-Helmholtz, convection	6	5	4	HW 6
11	22.11.	TH	fluid instabilities: thermal, turbulence
12	27.11.	TU	magneto-hydrodynamics: basics	7	6	5	HW 7
13	29.11.	TH	magneto-hydrodynamics: waves
14	04.12.	TU	magneto-hydrodynamics: waves, two-fluid description	8	7	6	HW 8
15	06.12.	TH	plasma physics: basic concepts, waves
16	11.12.	TU	plasma physics: waves	9	8	7	HW 9
17	13.12.	TH	plasma physics: waves in magnetized plasmas
18	18.12.	TU	stellar dynamics: time scales, Jeans equation	10	9	8	HW 10
19	20.12.	FR	stellar dynamics: distribution function, stability

Christmas Break

20	08.01.	TU	stellar dynamics: Vlasov equation, dynamical friction	11	10	9	HW 11
21	10.01.	TH	radiation: basic quantities
22	15.01.	TU	radiative transfer, thermal radiation	12	11	10	HW 12
23	17.01.	TH	Planck spectrum, Einstein coefficients
24	22.01.	TU	Thomson scattering		12	11
25	24.01.	TH	Compton effect
26	29.01.	TU	EXAM	E	E	12
27	31.01.	TH	bremsstrahlung, synchrotron emission
28	05.02.	TU	photoionisation and recombination			E
29	07.02.	TH	spectra

(Tutorial: out = homework handed out, in = homework collected during tutoral session, back = homework assignment given back and discussed, E = final exam, HW = homework assignment)